Nope. Newspapers are there to cater to (1) their readers and (2) their advertisers. If readership crashes because of lousy reporting, the paper goes under (folds!) because the advertisers will take their money elsewhere.
It’s rare for a newspaper to have so few sponsors that publishing a truthful story that casts a sponsor in a bad light will result in the reporter being fired… but it can and does happen… at which point other news organizations can and often do their own stories, pointing out the truth.
The challenge to you, my friend, is to come up with a better system that protects everyone’s rights and doesn’t give excessive power to the government to censor or control the reporting of news.
davidf42 almost 11 years ago
Morning, Anniephans.The news media, creating news instead of reporting it.
TruckerRon almost 11 years ago
Nope. Newspapers are there to cater to (1) their readers and (2) their advertisers. If readership crashes because of lousy reporting, the paper goes under (folds!) because the advertisers will take their money elsewhere.
TruckerRon almost 11 years ago
It’s rare for a newspaper to have so few sponsors that publishing a truthful story that casts a sponsor in a bad light will result in the reporter being fired… but it can and does happen… at which point other news organizations can and often do their own stories, pointing out the truth.
The challenge to you, my friend, is to come up with a better system that protects everyone’s rights and doesn’t give excessive power to the government to censor or control the reporting of news.